Condition
Suggested Conditions
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Weight Loss
- Heart Disease
- Cancer
- Asthma
Location
Search Clinical Trials
Conditions
Locations
Treatment Type
Trial Phase
Trial Status
Paid Participation
Clear All
54 Parent-Child Relationship Trials Near You
Power is an online platform that helps thousands of Parent-Child Relationship patients discover FDA-reviewed trials every day. Every trial we feature meets safety and ethical standards, giving patients an easy way to discover promising new treatments in the research stage.
Learn More About PowerParenting Intervention for Preterm Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio
Many children born very preterm experience behavior problems, and existing resources for parenting these children are lacking. A pilot trial established the effectiveness of a preterm parenting intervention, I-Interact Preterm (I2P). This study proposes a three-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT) comparing the established seven-session I2P program, a microlearning delivery mode (I2P-Micro), and an internet resource comparison group (IRC). Outcomes will be assessed at pretreatment, post-treatment (12 weeks later), and at an extended follow-up six months post-randomization. These outcomes include parenting behaviors, child behavior problems, and parent distress. It is anticipated that both I2P and I2P-Micro will result in significant improvements relative to the IRC condition, with greater utilization expected in the I2P-Micro group.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:3 - 8
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Under 18, Unstable Caregiving, Psychiatric Hospitalization, Others
90 Participants Needed
Parent Coaching for Parent-Child Relationship
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The goal of this mechanistic clinical trial is to examine whether parent-coaching aimed at increasing child positive affect will increase child neural response to reward. The main questions it aims to answer are:
Aim 1. Characterize child neural reward response and its relation to maternal socialization of positive emotions at baseline in healthy young children.
Aim 2. Evaluate how coaching-related changes in maternal socialization of positive emotion expression contribute to increases in child neural reward response over time.
Aim 3. Examine how maternal socialization of positive emotion expression contributes to increases in child neural reward response in the moment.
Participating mother-child dyads will be randomized to either 3 sessions of parent coaching of child positive affect or 3 sessions of a general parenting support intervention and neural response to reward and affective behavior will be examined pre and post intervention.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Not Yet Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:4 - 99
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Bipolar, Psychotic, Psychiatric, Others
180 Participants Needed
Family Support Program for Parent-Child Relationships in Palestine
Notre Dame, Indiana
Few evidence-based programs exist to support children and families affected by sociopolitical conflict, despite documented evidence of their heightened risk for emotional and behavioral adjustment problems associated with exposure to conflict and violence at multiple levels of the social ecology (e.g., political, community, and family). Thus, a critical need exists for an evidence-based program to ameliorate the impact of political violence on the overall well-being of children and families. The current study will conduct a rigorous evaluation of a theoretically-driven, family-based intervention program in Palestine, including both the West Bank and Gaza. Firmly grounded in the cultural context of Palestine but with broad implications for individuals exposed to sociopolitical violence, the long-term goal of this project is to provide a family-focused intervention program (Promoting Positive Family Futures; PPFF) that may facilitate individuals' sense of safety and support in the context of chronic adversity. The objective is to evaluate this intervention program in the context of a randomized clinical trial (RCT) in the West Bank and Gaza (N=300). The central hypothesis is that the program will have direct positive effects on family conflict, parent psychopathology and parental security in the family as well as on adolescent emotional security in the family, with cascading effects on adolescent adjustment. Consistent with family systems theory, we further hypothesize that treatment effects on parents will mediate on the effects of the treatment on adolescent adjustment. The rationale is that bolstering resilience in family systems is a key approach to promoting positive functioning in families exposed to chronic violence. The hypothesis will be evaluated with three specific aims: 1) evaluate the efficacy of an evidence-based family support program; 2) examine process models of treatment change, and 3) examine interrelations between parent and child functioning. To achieve these aims, the study will be an RCT employing a longitudinal design (N=300) with multi-method assessments at baseline (T1), post-test (T2), 6-month follow-up (T3) and 12-month follow-up (T4). Families included in the study will be evenly divided between the West Bank (n=150) and Gaza Strip (n=150). Families will be randomized into the intervention condition (PPFF) or treatment as usual (TAU). Each territory will have an implementing partner, and implementing partners and investigators will work together to ensure the study procedures are implemented in parallel across sites. Data collection will be conducted by trained research staff from a third-party survey and policy research organization. The proposal seeks to shift current research and clinical paradigms in these contexts by employing novel theoretical concepts, approaches, and methodologies. The contribution will be significant by 1) further developing new directions for empirically-based interventions in these high-risk contexts, and 2) advancing a relatively brief, cost-effective program that can be readily implemented to help children and families exposed to continuing conflict in Palestine, with the potential to be brought to scale in other contexts.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:12 - 75
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Significant Mental, Physical Impairments
900 Participants Needed
This trial examines the usefulness of two educational programs for parents with late-stage cancer who have a 5 - 17 year old child. The programs are designed to enhance the quality of the parent-child relationship and add to the parent's confidence in managing the impact of their cancer on their child. Educational programs may reduce anxiety and depression and improve the well-being and quality of life of parents with advanced cancers and their children.
Recruitment occurs nationally via referral to the Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium team.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:23 - 68
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Hospice, Non-consenting Co-parent
1590 Participants Needed
H-HOPE Intervention for Premature Infants
Chicago, Illinois
This trial tests the H-HOPE program, which helps preterm infants develop through sensory stimulation and supports parents in interacting with their babies. The study aims to see if H-HOPE can be successfully used in different NICUs and if it improves infant health and reduces costs. The results could lead to widespread use of H-HOPE in hospitals. H-HOPE is a standardized behavioral intervention with an infant-directed component designed to optimize developmental trajectories and increase parents' interactive engagement with their infants.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Not Listed
4600 Participants Needed
Family Foundations Program for New Parents
University Park, Pennsylvania
This is a research study to evaluate the effectiveness of the Family Foundations program and to better understand how families cope with having a new baby. The research questions include: What is the effectiveness of the Family Foundations program? How do families cope with having a new baby?
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Not First Child
1200 Participants Needed
Father Inclusive Prenatal Care for Pregnancy
Chicago, Illinois
Young families need additional institutional support to help them meet the challenges of parenthood. Prenatal clinics are well situated to address some of their needs by expanding services to include fathers. The Father Inclusive Prenatal Care (FIPC) model is designed to prepare young men for the challenges of parenting by supporting the development of their relationship skills as part of routine prenatal healthcare. This approach involves assessing expectant fathers and mothers with a "parent prep-check" (PPC) to identify their needs and then offer services to address those needs and prepare them for parenthood. Services include: (1) parent education about how to understand and care for infants, and how to build secure parent-child bonds; (2) an evidence-based co-parenting program to strengthen and stabilize their family; and (3) educational and employment support designed to help young parents find and keep living wage jobs. The project will be implemented through several community based healthcare sites that are well positioned to engage young fathers through their prenatal clinics. To extend the reach and accessibility of the model, trainings and most services will be available online. As a result of participating in this project it is expected that young couples will have better co-parenting relationships and be better prepared to take care of their infants.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:17 - 29
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Non-English/Spanish, Cognitive Disability
250 Participants Needed
This trial tests a program called Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) that helps parents support their children's emotional and behavioral development. It targets families with children needing emotional and behavioral support. The therapy aims to improve family relationships and maintain these improvements over time. Emotion-focused family therapy (EFFT) involves parents in their child's recovery from various mental health issues, including eating disorders.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:7 - 15
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Severe Mental Health Disorders, Others
200 Participants Needed
Parenting Programs for New Families
Buffalo, New York
This study aims to understand if a parenting program that helps couples learn to parent as a team and maintain a healthy lifestyle, such as maintaining safer levels of alcohol use, promotes parent and child health and well-being. Programs will be delivered prenatally and postnatally and will include both group classes and individualized sessions. A comprehensive assessment is administered during pregnancy and then at 6 and 12 months of child age. It is hypothesized that targeting intervention during the naturally motivating transition to parenthood may not only provide opportunities for long lasting behavioral change for parents, but also initiate a cascade of protective processes that ultimately reduce risk for negative emotional and behavioral outcomes for children.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Plural Pregnancy, Illicit Drug Use
368 Participants Needed
Family-Based Weight Loss Program for Childhood Obesity
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
The purpose of this research is to determine the effectiveness of a coordinated program (Dyad Plus) that would help to facilitate self-monitoring, positive communication, joint problem solving, and social support to increase physical activity, healthy eating, and weight loss. Participants of the Brenner FIT (Families In Training) pediatric weight management program and their parent/guardian will co-enroll in weight loss programs. Parents/guardians will receive the components of By Design Essentials.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:13 - 65
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Bmi < 30, Others
90 Participants Needed
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the effectiveness of the Breaking the Cycle (BTC) and Maxxine Wright (MW) programs in substance-involved mothers and their children. One key difference between the two programs is that the BTC program contains an infant mental health component while the MW program primarily focuses on the mothers. The main questions the trial aims to answer are:
* Do children at BTC demonstrate enhanced infant mental health compared to children at MW up to 2 years post-intervention?
* Do mother-child dyads at BTC experience more decreases in child adverse childhood experiences (ACE), maternal stress, and mental health symptoms and have better home environment scores, parenting attitudes, and mother-child relationship scores compared to mother-child dyads at MW?
* Are enhanced infant mental health outcomes associated with children's lower psychosocial risk scores and mothers with lower ACE scores, lower depression and anxiety scores, and lower maternal stress?
* Are the associations between treatment dose and infant mental health scores mediated by parenting attitudes and the mother-child relationship? Does child exposure to psychosocial risk moderate the association between treatment dose and child outcomes?
* How do the mechanisms of change lead to the effectiveness of BTC? What are the potential lifetime health and non-health outcomes of at-risk children at BTC? What is the long-term social return on investment (SROI) of BTC?
Participants will complete several questionnaires at three timepoints while receiving services at either BTC or MW: during the intake phase, 12 months after their engagement in services and 24 months after their engagement in services.
Given that the two programs serve a similar demographic of women, researchers will compare the BTC group and the MW group to establish the comparative effectiveness and mechanisms of change of the infant mental health component of BTC.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Sex:Female
100 Participants Needed
Technology-Education Intervention for Type 1 Diabetes
Washington, District of Columbia
Consistent use of continuous glucose monitors (CGM) has the potential to improve glycemic control and related type 1 diabetes (T1D) health outcomes, however young adolescents with T1D are the least likely age group to begin and sustain use of CGM. The proposed study will conduct a feasibility trial of a behavioral intervention designed to optimize use of CGM in adolescents specifically targeting underrepresented populations in diabetes technology research.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:10 - 15
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Cancer, Cystic Fibrosis, Others
60 Participants Needed
Online Writing Intervention for Parent-Child Relationships
Nashville, Tennessee
The purpose of this study is to develop and test two brief online writing interventions to improve parental acceptance of sexual and gender minority youth (SGMY) in the Southeast United States.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:15+
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Active Mania, Psychosis, Suicidality, Others
129 Participants Needed
Attachment-Focused Parenting Program for Child Development
College Park, Maryland
Growing evidence demonstrates that secure attachment in childhood predicts children's healthy social, biological, and behavioral functioning, whereas insecure attachment predicts behavior problems and physiological dysregulation; thus, efforts to foster secure attachment are crucial for promoting the healthy development of children and families. This proposal describes a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of an innovative intervention program that can be widely implemented designed to foster children's secure attachment, promote healthy physiological regulation, and reduce the risk for behavior problems: The Circle of Security ® Parenting (COS-P) intervention. To this end, investigators will conduct an RCT with 249 parent-child dyads enrolled or are eligible but not yet enrolled in two diverse Early Head Start (EHS) programs.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:8+
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Language Fluency
249 Participants Needed
Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement for Parent-Child Relationships
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
The purpose of this study is evaluate the effectiveness of PriCARE/CARIÑO to reduce child maltreatment, improve parent-child interactions, and reduce harsh/neglectful parenting, parent stress, and child behaviors.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Autism, Behavioral Treatment, Others
Must Not Be Taking:Behavioral Health Medications
1932 Participants Needed
Durham Connects Program for Child Abuse Prevention
Durham, North Carolina
The aim of this randomized controlled trial (RCT) is to conduct a second, independent evaluation the implementation and impact of the Durham Connects (DC) brief universal nurse home-visiting program to prevent child maltreatment and improve child and family health and well-being. Durham Connects is the first home-visiting program that is designed to prevent child maltreatment and improve health and well-being outcomes in an entire community population.
Program evaluation will test four hypotheses: 1) The program can be implemented with population reach, fidelity to the manualized intervention protocol, and reliability in assessment of family risk; 2) Random assignment to the Durham Connects program will be associated with lower rates of child maltreatment and emergency department maltreatment-related injuries, better pediatric care, better parental functioning, and better child well-being than assignment as control; 2) Intervention effect sizes will be larger for higher-risk groups; and 3) Community resource use and enhanced family functioning will mediate the positive impact of Durham Connects on outcomes.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:< 6
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Infant Birth Date, Birth Location, Residence Location
1650 Participants Needed
Online Program for Parenting Communication
Durham, North Carolina
The goal of this study is to learn if Media Aware Parent - Tween, an online program for parents of children ages 9-12, helps parents have effective conversations with their child about health and media.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:9+
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Multiple Children, Diversity Criteria, Others
600 Participants Needed
Parenting Program for Parent-Child Relationships
Raleigh, North Carolina
The goal of this clinical trial study is to learn how stress in childhood, or Early Life Adversity (ELA), gets "under the skin" and influences long-term health. The investigators will test if the support given to parents of young children reduces childhood stress. The investigators will also test if the effects of mother's stress and Early Life Adversity can be passed down to children. Can it impact the child's long-term health? Researchers will compare the Promoting First Relationships® in Primary Care (PFR in PC) parenting program with Usual Care to see if PFR reduces mothers' stress, improves mother's sensitivity, and reduces accelerated cellular aging.
Participants will:
* Be randomized to receive PFR in PC or Usual Care. PFR in PC is an evidence-based 10-week home visiting service, with 2 extra sessions at the WakeMed pediatric clinic. Usual Care is the health care and general services offered to families at the WakeMed pediatric clinic.
* Have in-home research visits at the start of the study (Time 1, T1), about 6 months later (Time 2, T2), and 12 months later (Time 3, T3). Information collected at these visits includes:
* Answering questions about your background, past and current stress, physical and mental health, parenting behaviors, and child behavior problems (T1, T2, T3).
* Being videotaped doing a short teaching activity.
* Having a small amount of blood collected from the mother by finger prick (T1, T3).
* Having a small amount of blood collected from the infant by heel stick (T1, T3).
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Sex:Female
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Acute Crisis, Homelessness, No Phone, Others
250 Participants Needed
Multisensory Intervention for Premature Birth
Saint Louis, Missouri
This trial aims to help preterm babies and their parents by using a structured program called SENSE. The program includes activities like massage and skin-to-skin contact that parents can do regularly. These activities are designed to support the baby's development and improve parent-child bonding. The SENSE program is a structured sensory-based program developed to maximize the benefit of parent-directed, positive sensory exposures in the NICU.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:1 - 7
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Congenital Anomaly, High Threat Of Death, Others
215 Participants Needed
THRIVE Intervention for Childhood Mental Disorder
St. Louis, Missouri
This study is designed to test the effectiveness and implementation of an early intervention therapy for children and their primary caregivers by using existing school counselors across several school districts.
The intervention is a 6-8 week caregiver-child intervention (THRIVE) which will be conducted via video conference in the family's home (i.e., zoom), or within the school setting (or a combination of those 2 modalities depending upon feasibility for the family). THRIVE will be compared to an asynchronous on-line parenting education program, Parenting Wisely (PW). This online parenting course will be accessed at www.parentingwisely.com.
Existing school counselors will be trained in the delivery of THRIVE to 3-7 year old children (in preschool, kindergarten and first grade) and their primary caregivers. In addition to testing the effectiveness of THRIVE compared to PW, we will also compare two implementation strategies: THRIVE-Coached and THRIVE-Low Coached (LC). We will assess ongoing coaching of THRIVE trainees to increase therapist efficacy and adherence to the intervention (THRIVE-Coached). This will be compared to implementation of THRIVE with low supports (e.g. weekly supervision) provided only for the first case following the initial training (THRIVE-LC\].
Compared to those randomized to PW, we expect children who receive THRIVE will have significantly better behavioral and socio-emotional outcomes. Caregivers who receive THRIVE will experience less parenting stress and depression, more optimism and will show more nurturing, emotional tolerance, and supportive caregiving.
Therapists in the THRIVE-Coached condition will deliver the intervention with higher achieved outcomes and find the intervention to be more acceptable than therapists in the THRIVE-LC condition. Therapists in the THRIVE-Coached condition will be more likely to plan to sustain the intervention following the completion of the study than those in the THRIVE-LC condition. Parents and children receiving THRIVE from therapists in the THRIVE-Coached condition will have better socio-emotional outcomes than those in the THRIVE-LC and PW conditions.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Enrolling By Invitation
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:3 - 7
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Autism, Major Neurological Disorder, Others
405 Participants Needed
Why Other Patients Applied
"I've tried several different SSRIs over the past 23 years with no luck. Some of these new treatments seem interesting... haven't tried anything like them before. I really hope that one could work."
ZS
Depression PatientAge: 51
"My orthopedist recommended a half replacement of my right knee. I have had both hips replaced. Currently have arthritis in knee, shoulder, and thumb. I want to avoid surgery, and I'm open-minded about trying a trial before using surgery as a last resort."
HZ
Arthritis PatientAge: 78
"I changed my diet in 2020 and I’ve lost 95 pounds from my highest weight (283). I am 5’3”, female, and now 188. I still have a 33 BMI. I've been doing research on alternative approaches to continue my progress, which brought me here to consider clinical trials."
WR
Obesity PatientAge: 58
"I've been struggling with ADHD and anxiety since I was 9 years old. I'm currently 30. I really don't like how numb the medications make me feel. And especially now, that I've lost my grandma and my aunt 8 days apart, my anxiety has been even worse. So I'm trying to find something new."
FF
ADHD PatientAge: 31
"I was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer three months ago, metastatic to my liver, and I have been receiving and responding well to chemotherapy. My blood work revealed that my tumor markers have gone from 2600 in the beginning to 173 as of now, even with the delay in treatment, they are not going up. CT Scans reveal they have been shrinking as well. However, chemo is seriously deteriorating my body. I have 4 more treatments to go in this 12 treatment cycle. I am just interested in learning about my other options, if any are available to me."
ID
Pancreatic Cancer PatientAge: 40
Behavior Parent Education for ADHD in Pre-Kindergarteners
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
This trial tests a parent training program called PEAK for parents of young children with ADHD. The program teaches practical strategies to manage behavior and improve early academic skills through interactive sessions available both face-to-face and online.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Age:3 - 5
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Not Listed
180 Participants Needed
MIO-CPP for Parental Substance Use Disorders Impact on Children
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The goal of the project is to improve child well-being, permanency, and safety, and reduce the risk for involvement in the child welfare system for families with children pre-birth to five years who are affected by parental substance use disorders (SUD). The project will integrate with SUD treatment programs for pregnant/parenting women and their children and provide an evidence-based therapeutic model, Mothering from the Inside Out (MIO) and Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP). MIO-CPP promotes the development of parental reflective functioning and strengthen parent/child attachment. The project will also examine the role of Certified Recovery Specialists (CRS) to provide case management services to parents during their enrollment in therapy.
MIO is an individual, manualized, psychotherapeutic intervention designed to promote parental reflective functioning in mothers who are in treatment for SUDs and/or other mental health problems, and caring for a child in-utero through five years old. CPP is typically offered through weekly sessions with the mother-child dyad that last 1 to 1.5 hours.
The MIO-CPP (intervention) model will begin with 6 sessions of MIO for each study participant, with the CPP assessment and engagement phase embedded during this time. This phase will be followed by the dyadic mother-child phase, the core intervention stage of CPP. If a parent needs additional stabilization, more individual time can be added. During the core phase of dyadic CPP the Child Parent Specialists will continue to build and strengthen parents' reflective functioning by embedding aspects from MIO.
Beginning in Phase 2, participant dyads will be assigned a Certified Recovery Specialists (CRSs) who will provide services to support them as they transition out of SUD treatment and back into their home communities. We will recruit and hire 2 PA CRSs to join the therapeutic team. CRS services will include but not be limited to: assisting clients with securing housing and employment and connecting to outpatient and other recovery support services (e.g. 12-step programs), and child, medical and behavioral health care as needed. The plan for the timing to introduce CRS services and their issues of focus will be defined through quality improvement methodology during Phase 1.
We will use a quasi-experimental trial design with historical controls as well as qualitative interviews to assess effectiveness and efficiency of MIO-CPP when paired with CRS, on parent and child outcomes including therapy engagement, parent/caregiver well-being, child well-being, and family well-being. The study will take place over two phases. Eligible caregivers in Phase 1 will receive MIO-CPP (control), while participants enrolled in Phase 2 will receive a MIO-CPP while also being paired with a CRS.
The recruitment for study participants will stop when 320 mother-child dyads have enrolled in the study. Participants will include mother-child dyads from families involved with residential SUD treatment programs serving women and children in Philadelphia and Bucks counties. In Bucks County we will receive referrals from Libertae Inc. in Bensalem, Pennsylvania (PA). In Philadelphia, we will receive referrals from Gaudenzia Hutchinson Place and the Gaudenzia Winner Program.
Data collection from participants will occur at four time points during the study: 1) when participants are enrolled; 2) 3 months following enrollment; 3) 6 months following enrollment; and 4) 9 months following enrollment or when the participant ends their participation in weekly therapy sessions if sooner than 9 months following enrollment. Study measures will include: 1) Parent/Caregiver Well-being: a) maternal reflective functioning, b) depression, anxiety, and trauma-related symptoms, c) parental substance use and move toward recovery; d) parenting stress; e) parent-child relationship; 2) Child Well-being: a) behavior problems, b) executive functions; c) socialization skills; 3) Family Well-being: a) child welfare involvement, b) reunifications.
As part of this study, investigator will acquire administrative data about the safety and permanency of children and adult recovery for all study participants. The Primary Investigator will request substance use treatment data from the City of Philadelphia Department of Human Services. The requested data elements will include whether the study child has a child welfare record, the types of allegations of abuse or neglect, and when the allegations occurred (from birth to present day). Additionally, investigators will request all available substance use treatment records will be requested for adults who are a part of a study case for the year prior to enrollment in the study to one year following their enrollment in the study.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Enrolling By Invitation
Trial Phase:Unphased
Sex:Female
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Non-English Speaking, Others
320 Participants Needed
Social Media-Based Parenting Program for Postpartum Depression
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The long-term goal is to develop effective parenting strategies to facilitate optimal child development for mothers suffering with PPD symptoms. The overall objective for this application is to study whether this program combined with online depression treatment leads to more responsive parenting (target) and signals improved child language, socioemotional and cognitive development (outcomes) compared to depression treatment alone. Findings from this application can be used to inform a future study to test the effectiveness and implementation of this social media-based parenting program.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Sex:Female
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Suicidality, Severe Depression, Premature Birth, Others
95 Participants Needed
HomeStyles-2 Program for Childhood Obesity
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Parents are children's primary role models, are food and physical activity gatekeepers, and create the structure/lifestyle environment within the home. Thus, parents strongly influence children's weight-related behaviors and have the opportunity to cultivate a "culture of health" within the home. Yet, there continues to be a dearth of evidence-based obesity prevention intervention programs, especially for families with children aged 6 to 11 years, commonly called the middle childhood years. The aim of the HomeStyles-2 online learning mode RCT is to determine whether this novel, age-appropriate, family intervention enables and motivates parents to shape their home environments and weight-related lifestyle practices (i.e., diet, exercise, sleep) to be more supportive of optimal health and reduced risk of obesity in their middle childhood youth more than those in the control condition. The RCT will include the experimental group and an attention control group who will engage in a bona fide concurrent treatment different in subject matter but equal in nonspecific treatment effects. The participants will be families with school-age children who are systematically randomly assigned by computer to study condition. The HomeStyles intervention is predicated on the social cognitive theory and a social ecological framework. The RCT will collect sociodemographic characteristics of the participant, child, and partner/spouse; child and parent health status; parent weight-related cognitions; weight-related behaviors of the parent and child; and weight-related characteristics of the home environment. Enrollment for this study will begin mid-2021.This paper describes these aspects of the HomeStyles-2 intervention: rationale; sample eligibility criteria and recruitment; study design; experimental group intervention theoretical and philosophical underpinnings, structure, content, and development process; attention control intervention; survey instrument development and components; outcome measures; and planned analyses.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Age:24 - 50
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Does Not Fit Inclusion Criteria
269 Participants Needed
LGBTQ-Affirmative Therapy for Mental Health Issues
New York, New York
The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of an LGBTQ-affirmative individual cognitive behavioral psychotherapy (CBT) and LGBTQ-affirmative family therapy (attachment-based family therapy for sexual and gender minority young adults; ABFT-SGM) delivered via telehealth to a sample of sexual and gender minority adults with nonaccepting parent(s) in New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Israel. The investigators will assess whether both treatments are associated with significant decreases in depressive and anxiety symptoms. The investigators will also assess whether and how each treatment achieves reductions in mental health symptoms through specific mechanisms (e.g., rejection sensitivity, internalized stigma, emotion dysregulation, parental rejection and acceptance).
No Placebo Group
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 3
Age:20+
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Active Psychosis, Active Mania, Active Suicidality, Others
124 Participants Needed
Parenting Support for Child Development and Mental Health
New York, New York
Public health disasters have disproportionate impacts on low income communities, through pathways that add to those of poverty and associated stressors, and act over extended periods. Very young children are highly vulnerable to long-term impacts on development and mental health in the context of parenting challenges following disasters, yet frequently receive the least attention and resources. This study will test the role of universal parenting support in enhancing young children's development and mental health in Flint, Michigan following the Flint Water Crisis.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Low Birth Weight, Non-singleton Birth, Genetic Syndrome, Others
486 Participants Needed
This study will assess whether the promotion of emotional exchange between mother and infant during the first four months of life improves primarily mother-child early relational health (ERH) and secondarily child neurodevelopmental and maternal mental health outcomes. In prior research on preterm infants, a similar intervention demonstrated increased quality of maternal caregiving behaviors and significant improvements in premature infants' neurodevelopment across multiple domains, including social-relatedness and attention problems. The goal of the emotional exchange intervention is to help mothers provide appropriate stimulation crucial for social, emotional, and neurobehavioral development, by helping the mother and child become attuned, or 'in sync', with each other. Measures of ERH, such as bonding, maternal sensitivity, and mother-child emotional connection will be compared between two groups: one receiving newborn parenting education and the other undergoing facilitated emotional exchange. Assessments will involve videos of mother-infant interactions during each intervention session and follow-up surveys conducted as part of a linked Institutional Review Board-approved study. Data collected in this study will contribute to understanding the underlying mechanisms of mother-infant interactions and their role in shaping optimal neurodevelopmental trajectories for infants and maternal mental health.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:12 - 72
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Preterm Birth, Post-term Birth, Substance Abuse, Others
132 Participants Needed
HERO Dads Program for Responsible Fatherhood
Bronx, New York
Montefiore Medical Center (in partnership with BronxWorks) is implementing a large-scope program to promote responsible fatherhood in the Bronx among low-income adult (18 years or older) fathers with non-custodial children (under the age of 24). The program, called HERO Dads (Healthy, Empowered, Resilient, Open Dads), will promote responsible fatherhood by enhancing relationship and anger-management skills and providing marriage education; providing skills-based parenting education, disseminating information about good parenting practices, and encouraging child support payments (in partnership with our local OCSE); and fostering economic stability by providing employment-related supports inclusive of job search, vocational skills training, job referrals, and job retention.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Intimate Partner Violence
1475 Participants Needed
CARE Program for Postpartum Mental Health
Bronx, New York
This trial is testing a group therapy program called CARE for parents with postpartum depression or anxiety. The program helps parents understand their own and their baby's thoughts and feelings to improve mental health and reduce stress. The study targets parents with infants aged 3 to 12 months who are receiving care at Montefiore Medical Center.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Sex:Female
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Psychosis, Mania, Severe Cognitive Impairment, Others
21 Participants Needed
Fatherhood Engagement Program for Substance Use Disorders
Bronx, New York
Montefiore will engage fathers in families at risk of substance misuse in the Bronx and neighboring communities. Families will be referred from Bronx and neighboring community-based child welfare systems, substance use disorder (SUD) treatment providers, and medical providers if identified at risk of substance use concerns and will be randomly assigned to receive services as usual as part of the comparison group, or to receive enhanced services as part of the program group.
Enhanced services include: (1) Motivational Enhancement; (2) referral to Healthy, Empowered, Resilient, and Open (HERO) Dads fatherhood engagement program; (3) Contingency Management; and (4) Case Management.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Sex:Male
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:All Children In Foster Care
240 Participants Needed
Know someone looking for new options?
Spread the word
Learn More About Power
We started Power when my dad was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, and I struggled to help him access the latest immunotherapy. Hopefully Power makes it simpler for you to explore promising new treatments, during what is probably a difficult time.
Bask GillCEO at Power
Frequently Asked Questions
How much do Parent-Child Relationship clinical trials pay?
Each trial will compensate patients a different amount, but $50-100 for each visit is a fairly common range for Phase 2–4 trials (Phase 1 trials often pay substantially more). Further, most trials will cover the costs of a travel to-and-from the clinic.
How do Parent-Child Relationship clinical trials work?
After a researcher reviews your profile, they may choose to invite you in to a screening appointment, where they'll determine if you meet 100% of the eligibility requirements. If you do, you'll be sorted into one of the treatment groups, and receive your study drug. For some trials, there is a chance you'll receive a placebo. Across Parent-Child Relationship trials 30% of clinical trials have a placebo. Typically, you'll be required to check-in with the clinic every month or so. The average trial length for Parent-Child Relationship is 12 months.
How do I participate in a study as a "healthy volunteer"?
Not all studies recruit healthy volunteers: usually, Phase 1 studies do. Participating as a healthy volunteer means you will go to a research facility several times over a few days or weeks to receive a dose of either the test treatment or a "placebo," which is a harmless substance that helps researchers compare results. You will have routine tests during these visits, and you'll be compensated for your time and travel, with the number of appointments and details varying by study.
What does the "phase" of a clinical trial mean?
The phase of a trial reveals what stage the drug is in to get approval for a specific condition. Phase 1 trials are the trials to collect safety data in humans. Phase 2 trials are those where the drug has some data showing safety in humans, but where further human data is needed on drug effectiveness. Phase 3 trials are in the final step before approval. The drug already has data showing both safety and effectiveness. As a general rule, Phase 3 trials are more promising than Phase 2, and Phase 2 trials are more promising than phase 1.
Do I need to be insured to participate in a Parent-Child Relationship medical study?
Clinical trials are almost always free to participants, and so do not require insurance. The only exception here are trials focused on cancer, because only a small part of the typical treatment plan is actually experimental. For these cancer trials, participants typically need insurance to cover all the non-experimental components.
What are the newest Parent-Child Relationship clinical trials?
Most recently, we added Project Support for Parent-Child Relationship, Parent Coaching for Parent-Child Relationship and Mobile App for Child Development to the Power online platform.
Popular Searches
By Condition
By Location
Other People Viewed
By Subject
By Trial
Unbiased ResultsWe believe in providing patients with all the options.
Your Data Stays Your DataWe only share your information with the clinical trials you're trying to access.
Verified Trials OnlyAll of our trials are run by licensed doctors, researchers, and healthcare companies.